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The Broken Shore
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Shattered by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin flees the city and returns to his wet and wintry hometown, running its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. Then prominent a local is brutally attacked. Everything seems to point to three young Aboriginal men but Cashin is unconvinced.
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AuthorPeter Temple
Peter Temple has worked as a journalist, editor and teacher. He is the creator of the Jack Irish series: Bad Debts, Black Tide, Dead Point and White Dog, and other widely acclaimed mystery novels: An Iron Rose, Shooting Star, and In the Evil Day. He is a frequent winner of the Ned Kelly award, including the 2006 award for The Broken Shore.
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Who loved this book?Jane Sullivan, journalist and author
This is the book to show to those who still believe that a mere crime novel cannot be a work of great psychological insight and beautiful writing. Peter Temple’s story has all the requisite mystery and pace and thrills of the genre, but it also captivates by its literary craft. I loved his moody portrayal of a Victorian coastal town swept by tension and bleak winter gales, his troubled hero striding out with his dogs. Temple’s understated prose is tough and spare and sometimes relentlessly blokey, particularly in his dialogue: but it also has a rare sensitivity and an aching compassion.
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